Today's breaking News from China, Shanghai, History

News China » Shanghai » History: 'Shanghai' review: Two tales of the city

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/society-culture-and-history/history/shanghai-review-two-tales-of-the-city/ar-AA288bba

Published on: Friday 17 July 2026

There is no better illustration of Shanghai’s paradoxical place in modern Chinese history than a museum in the city’s Xintiandi district. Devoted to the first national congress of the Chinese ...

News China » Shanghai » History: Shanghai’s grand cultural ambitions

News channel or source: https://www.economist.com/the-world-in-brief/2026/10/17/90f19035-87dd-44aa-9883-16a30c0487ae

Published on: Friday 16 October 2026

After a decade of tuning up, the Shanghai Grand Opera House will at last open on Saturday. China is betting on it becoming a world-class landmark. Designed by Snohetta, a Norwegian firm, it is an ...

News China » Shanghai » History: Hamburg's mayor visits Shanghai exhibition to celebrate 40 years of sister-city ties

News channel or source: https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/6263501-hamburgs-mayor-visits-shanghai-exhibition-to-celebrate-40-years-of-sister-city-ties

Published on: Saturday 17 October 2026

A delegation from Germany's Hamburg, led by First Mayor Peter Tschentscher, visited the Shanghai History Museum on Friday for an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the sister-city relationship ...

News China » Shanghai » History: Long On History, Culture And Nightlife, Shanghai Is One Of China’s Top Destinations

News channel or source: https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/2btg5mm50gqeypb61khs0/home/long-on-history-culture-and-nightlife-shanghai-is-one-of-chinas-top-destinations

Published on: Thursday 22 April 2010

From the eastern banks of Shanghai’s Huangpu River, you can see a skyscraper that resembles a pineapple, a building that looks like a skewered olive and a massive office tower standing proudly on the ...

News China » Shanghai » History: A pop-up exhibit about Shanghai’s surprising Jewish history is on display in Lower Manhattan

News channel or source: https://www.jta.org/2023/08/03/ny/a-pop-up-exhibit-about-shanghais-surprising-jewish-history-is-on-display-in-lower-manhattan

Published on: Wednesday 02 August 2023

(New York Jewish Week) — Visitors to a Lower Manhattan office building renamed to reflect a lucky number in Chinese tradition can, for the next few weeks, get a firsthand look at how China was once a ...

News China » Shanghai » History: Shanghai's Jewish refugee history takes centre stage in new oratorio

News channel or source: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/shanghais-jewish-refugee-history-takes-centre-stage-new-oratorio-2023-11-21/

Published on: Tuesday 21 November 2023

SHANGHAI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Four years after it was first conceived, the oratorio Emigre made its debut this month in Shanghai, paying tribute to the Chinese financial hub's war-time role in ...